Gustave Loiseau

An outstanding French artist, Neo- and Post-impressionist, a master of landscape painting.

Gustave was born into the family of a meat shop owner. As a child, he received his first lessons from his family friend who was a decorator.
He helped him master the traditional methods of drawing and composition.

G. Loiseau used and developed several innovative techniques at once, combining them in his own original style. He brought a more gentle touch to the depicted nature into Post-impressionism, which makes his work unique.

Key Ideas:

– In the paintings of Gustave Loiseau, his passion for depicting seasons, from winter to new colds, reveals. In this case, the painter takes the same corner of nature (garden, river, edge) or harbor, rock for the storyline. Series of this kind include the image of the cathedrals. This feature of Loiseau resembles the manner of C. Monet. Moreover, Loiseau also had many plots with the streets of Paris. However, his technique gradually became unique: the point and the stroke are combined and give the landscapes flexibility and original depth.

– There are few portraits in Loiseau’s heritage, but even here he remains true to the new trends: he depicted porters in the port, fishermen, villagers. The method of the so-called “trellis” gives the master’s art softness, almost tangibility, which, of course, is a characteristic feature of his own style.

– During the rather long creative life, Loiseau tried to realize his ideas in many genres (including still life painting) and styles, not stopping at specific theories, but absorbing them and transforming them in his own way. He remained constant in one: he used a light juicy palette.